In 2005 a major reform of the German means-tested unemployment benefit system came into force. The reform aimed at activating benefit recipients, e.g., by a workfare programme, the so-called One-Euro-Job. This programme was implemented at a large scale. Participants receive their means-tested...

Im Rahmen der öffentlichen Anhörung des Ausschusses für Arbeit und Soziales des Deutschen Bundestags am 4. Mai 2020 gab das IAB seine Stellungnahme ab zum Antrag "Arbeitsförderung und Beratungsqualität in den Jobcentern gesetzlich verbessern" der Abgeordneten Beate Müller-Gemmeke, Sven...

This paper studies the impact of unemployment benefits on unemployment duration for East Germany using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. It concentrates on exit from unemployment into employment. Estimation results of a discrete-time hazard rate model imply that moderate cuts in the...

Aufgrund der demografischen Entwicklung ist in Deutschland ein steigender Pflegebedarf zu erwarten. Dabei hat die häusliche Versorgung von Pflegebedürftigen durch Angehörige in Deutschland Vorrang gegenüber einer stationären Versorgung. Gleichzeitig ist ein hoher Erwerbsstand breiter...

The Sample of Integrated Welfare Benefit Biographies (SIG) is a new administrative longitudinal microdata set representative of recipients of Germany's main welfare programme, the Unemployment Benefit II (UB II, Arbeitslosengeld II). The data set contains detailed longitudinal information on...

With the introduction of a new welfare benefit system in 2005, Germany implemented quite strict benefit sanctions for welfare recipients aged younger than 25 years. For all types of non-compliance except for missing appointments, their basic cash benefit is withdrawn for three months. A second...

Social welfare systems usually imply specific obligations for benefit recipients. If a recipient does not comply with these obligations, a sanction involving a punitive benefits reduction may be imposed. In this paper we give an overview of the literature on the effects of sanctions in social...

With the introduction of a new welfare benefit system in 2005, Germany implemented quite strict benefit sanctions for welfare recipients aged younger than 25 years. For all types of non-compliance except for missing appointments, their basic cash benefit is withdrawn for three months. A second...

The reintegration of young welfare recipients into the labor market is a major policy goal in many European countries. In this context monitoring and sanctions are important policy tools. In this paper, we analyze the impact of strict sanctions on job search outcomes for young welfare recipients...